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Chapter 4 - A dead child.

I don't remember how I died.

But I know I was younger than the rest.

Far too young.

They all had stories to share—

I didn't.

Just silence.

At night, strange things visit this place.

Terrifying things

that shouldn't be named.

And I hide,

hoping they won't see me.

In the morning,

people come to visit graves.

Crowds, sometimes.

And I sit among them,

watching them do

whatever that they do.

They do, something.

Sometimes, I wish I could follow them.

Feel the love they give their children.

But I'm afraid—

afraid of becoming a lost soul,

the kind they whisper about.

So I play instead.

With animals.

With birds that visit this place.

But mine—

mine remains untouched.

Dusty.

Empty.

Forgotten.

Where is my family?

I don't think they forgot me...

but why didn't they come?

Not even friends.

Did I… have none?

Why didn't the gods come

to take me to the afterlife?

Was I a bad person?

But one thing I do know—

I'm free now.

Free from the cage of life

that mortals are still trapped in.

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